Tuesday, 10 November 2009
@ 9:27:00 pm
Konichiwa! :)
Sorry, I've officially run out of ways to say hello so I have to resort to greetings in other languages. Haha. Anyway, we had an unofficial meeting yesterday (9 November) from 7.55 - 5pm. The reason behind why we needed so much time was because we were going to continue preparing for the Secondary1 Orientation Campfire and do mass testings.
We fell in at 7.55, changed out of our pinafores and split into our components to continue with our preparations. As Firepit had run out of kerosene, they could not do anything so they went to help Backdrop with the backdrop. :) Structure began tying their bridge and this time, the bridge was going to have a little twist. Instead of the usual, having the platform supported on poles, it was going to be SUSPENDED! :0 That's so cool. However, the Structure girls have yet to test if it's safe. Meanwhile, Item girls were busy rehearsing their skit.
Firstly, Natalie made us read out our lines and then she made comments like we had to have more expression and such. Then, we tried acting it out and again, Natalie corrected us time and again. It was so tiring! :( She went into details like focusing on speech, actions and stage directions. There are altogether 5 scenes and for each scene, Natalie went 'cut' a thousand times and we had to re-act. I then suggested that she video us acting so that we could see how we act. :) Although we got very tired, it paid off as we were more aware of our actions. Despite all these efforts, we knew we still had to re-do them as NO Secondary1s were present on that day so they would not know what to take note of and such. :(
Then, lunch time came and before going off, Natalie asked the understudies of the progress of their components. Later, we took a 1hr break before falling in at 2pm. From then on, we did mass testings. We went to a Secondary1 classroom and the PLs told us to get into groups of 3 and choose an article from the newspapers we had brought. Using that article, we had to write a summary of it and 2 thoughts and feelings. After that, a presentation of it was required and each person had to speak for 1 minute. Unfortunately, it started raining so the 'unlucky' ones had to raise their voices. Poorthing. :( Haha. When everyone had finished presenting, we went onto the next testing.
This time, we had to show 2 uses of a triangular bandage and a roller bandage. In addition, we also had to do a write up, answering questions such as:
1. Explaining the objective of 1st aid in today's society
2. Stating what we would do under given circumstances (accidents)
The total marks for this testing was 70 and the passing mark was 49.
After that, 5pm came and we fell in. Announcements were made and we were then dismissed.
Kay, I'm done. It's so late. Gotta sleep now.
With lots of sleep, Melissa! :)
SiYing; Chomel; Katrina; Meenatchi; Safila; Krystal; Christine; Siti; Rukaiya; Kalyani
Qarissa (YA)(not in picture); Sherwynn; Nicole (not in picture); Caitlin; Charmaine; Vanessa; Amanda; Claudia; Michelle